Global shipping sector charts seven-step plan for climate strategy

Madeleine Cuff
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 Shipping's draft climate plan is due next year
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Shipping's draft climate plan is due next year

Nations gathered at the International Maritime Organisation in London have agreed a skeleton plan for the shipping industry's long-awaited draft decarbonisation strategy

After two weeks of talks the global shipping industry has agreed a seven-point plan for its draft climate strategy, which it has promised to release next year. National delegations from around the world...

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